Your help could further MMSA’s vision of a brighter STEM future for the State of Maine and the nation. Today, I ask you to support MMSA and become a part of the movement to support exciting new ways for our youth to learn about science, technology, engineering, and math.

MMSA Research Consulting & Workshops

Helping Educators Discover What Makes
Their Programs Unique

Delivering successful STEM learning curriculum and opportunities, in either informal or formal learning environments, is not just about what or how educators teach but also understanding the outcomes of those programs and projects. STEM learning is more successful when schools and organizations invest in research-to-practice projects that incorporate strong research methods with great teaching and learning. Organizations and institutions struggle to keep up with understanding the outcomes of their work and often do not have the specialized knowledge or staff to commit to full-scale research or assessment plans. MMSA offers support to organizations for outside evaluation, research planning and management, and general support throughout the research design and implementation process.

MMSA Research and Evaluation Services

MMSA offers the following services to partners, educational non-profits, science learning organizations, and school districts on a consulting basis:

External evaluation services for programs including federally funded grants, family-foundation supported projects, and more. Support is available throughout the entire process; from project setup and research management to analysis and reporting.

Preliminary planning to develop research and evaluation plans that will provide information to improve your programming and attract funding.

Consulting and support of existing research or evaluation plans including analysis of existing data and merging of datasets.

Dissemination plans including how to identify appropriate journals for publication or conferences for presentation. We can also provide you with assistance on how to outline your manuscript, and establish writing timelines.

Specialized workshops to train your team on research and evaluation methods (see examples below).

Specialized Workshops or Clinics

MMSA can plan and facilitate workshops or clinics for your staff and project teams to focus in on a topic that can support your various research needs.

Working with educational data

Analysis of educational data

Developing research plans and designs

Data management and archiving

Research and project management

Integrating formative and summative assessments

Instrument development (survey design and implementation, interview and focus group protocols, embedded assessments)